Keywords: Anna Fedorovna by A.C.Ritt (priv.coll)..jpg Anna Feodorovna 1781-1860 Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia née Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield in white dress with blue jacket and white underdress red shawl small gold hoop earring and triple gold chain necklace wearing a red blue and white bandeau in her long flowing curling brown hair adorned with a white ostrich feather; arranging pale pink roses in an urn foliate background signed 'Ritt' lower left on ivory 4 1/16 in 103 mm diam gilt-metal frame with easel stand Lot 210 AUGUSTIN-CHRISTIAN RITT RUSSIAN 1765-1799 Centuries of Style Silver European Ceramics Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes by Christie's November 27 2012 London United Kingdom Provenance Christie's Geneva 28 April 1976 lot 107 Robert D Brewster 1916-1995 Collection New York; Sotheby's London 14 December 1995 lot 67 Literature G N Komelova Augustin Ritt Russian Miniaturist 1765-1799 Life and Art St Petersburg 2004 illustrated p 155 no 82 of the catalogue raisonné and listed in the artist's fee book for 1798 http //www christies com/lotfinder/paintings/augustin-christian-ritt-5628347-details aspx from searchresults intObjectID 5628347 sid 508ad308-00e4-40e6-abd2-c9fea5d4840b century 19 creator Augustin Christian Ritt Augustin Christian Ritt Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Images from Christie's Anna Fedorovna of Russia in portrait miniatures PD-old-100 |